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Alexander Wilson

1766 - 1813

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Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology", Wilson is regarded as the greatest American ornithologist before Audubon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Wilson is the 445th most popular biologist (up from 1,015th in 2019), the 2,257th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,468th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alexander Wilson ranks 445 out of 1,097. Before him are Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, Rudolf Weigl, Oscar Hertwig, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Franz von Paula Schrank, and Ernst Hartert. After him are Leizu, Henri Ernest Baillon, Clemens von Pirquet, Oswald Heer, Francisco Manuel Blanco, and Carl Meissner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Alexander Wilson ranks 24. Before him are Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, François-Xavier Fabre, Slimane of Morocco, Charles Macintosh, Samuel Frederick Gray, and Robert Darwin. After him are Wilhelm Hisinger, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Joseph Weigl, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, John Leslie, and Samuel Wilson. Among people deceased in 1813, Alexander Wilson ranks 27. Before him are Rose Bertin, Giambattista Bodoni, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Anton Bernolák, Géraud Duroc, and Johann Christian Reil. After him are Robert Kerr, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Theodor Körner, Jacques Delille, and Maria Caterina Brignole.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Wilson ranks 2,257 out of 8,785. Before him are John Houghton (1931), Johnny Herbert (1964), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Andy Gibb (1958), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), and Katie Johnson (1878). After him are Joe Davis (1901), Anna Sewell (1820), Jimmy Jones (1928), Isabella Beeton (1836), Steve Winwood (1948), and Patrick O'Brian (1914).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Alexander Wilson ranks 71. Before him are Arthur Tansley (1871), John Needham (1713), Andrew Smith (1797), Roderick Murchison (1792), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), and John Stevens Henslow (1796). After him are Francis Darwin (1848), Anna Russell (1807), Marie Stopes (1880), William T. Stearn (1911), Richard Lydekker (1849), and John Hughlings Jackson (1835).

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